New Mixes… 7-strings SD/MF…

[VOLiTiAN]

Hi all,

Did some new mixes of our tracks, wondered if you might fancy a listen and perhaps a bit of feedback as to how it’s playing it back on people’s systems? So here we are – enjoy!

In no particular order…

Whilst Hidden: 7.17
http://snd.sc/OOf3H4

5 Minutes to a Brighter Future: 8.10
http://snd.sc/OOeYTO

Unstoppable: 8.33
http://snd.sc/OOeZY1

R.E.M.embered: 13.48
http://snd.sc/OOeU6w

Rise & Shine (The Doctor Will See You Now): 7.11
http://snd.sc/OOeMDX

Regards to all!

D.

www.myspace.com/VOLiTiAN www.soundclick.com/VOLiTiAN www.reverbnation.com/VOLiTiAN www.soundcloud.com/VOLiTiAN

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[Hyparxis Productions]

I’ll bite,

The guitars dominate the mix and are drowning out all the dynamics. They are also mixed pretty sharp for being that loud in the mix. The bass needs definition and the drums, while they sound good are thin.

Personally I would pull back the git faders and also a bit of that 2k you added. Let them dance just on top of the bass and eq/comp/rbass the bass to give it bulk and definition. Then I’d beef up the drums with an SSL, a 560 and some comp. Make em pop in the mix.

Just my 2c.

[VOLiTiAN]

Hi buddy,

Cheers for the feedback, funnily enough this was posted a month ago and you’ve prompted me to upload the newer versions, you’re right the mix was a touch thin and lacked a bit more bottom end grunt, not sure where the “2k added” comes in though.

The note about the guitars, whilst I agree to an extent, this is still *metal* afterall, so they are going to be upfront, but aside from it’s genre I certainly wouldn’t say they are dominating the mix, the song maybe, and the genre to suit, but I don’t think from a mix context but I appreciate your feedback nonetheless – out of interest what did you audition the mix on?

The problem that occurs is that the guitars in some tracks are tuned quite low (drop G in some instances on a 7-string) however the bass note fundamental is lower than human hearing, so it’s the trick of making the bass sound like it’s there when it actually isn’t ironically, the main issue has been adding warmth say 2-400hz but not getting too muddy etc…

Also on another sidenote, you’ll never get me using waves plugins – I love fabfilter, crysonic, blue cat audio, izotope, voxengo etc but waves are horribly sterile, in that instead of adding colour I find they take away character from various sources I’ve tried, good phase alignment, sidechaining and EQ’ing will be the technique for the bass….

I’ll post a note when the new mixes are up, see what you think, thanks for the feedback, I know it’ll come across as a touch elitist however I’m aware of the techniques it’s just tuning my ears and working what translates to other systems without ending up with an iPod mix….

Cheers again for taking the time to reply!

Regards

D.

www.myspace.com/VOLiTiAN www.soundclick.com/VOLiTiAN www.reverbnation.com/VOLiTiAN www.soundcloud.com/VOLiTiAN

[VOLiTiAN]

Okay I posted a few of the new mixes up, if anyone fancies a listen and giving me a heads up as to what they’re hearing that could be out please feel free to speak up 🙂

Again in no particular order…

Whilst Hidden: 7.17
http://snd.sc/WePhiq

5 Minutes to a Brighter Future: 8.10
http://snd.sc/OOeYTO

Unstoppable: 8.33
http://snd.sc/WePwtN

R.E.M.embered: 13.48
http://snd.sc/WePBO5

Rise & Shine (The Doctor Will See You Now): 7.11
http://snd.sc/OOeMDX

Regards

D.

www.myspace.com/VOLiTiAN www.soundclick.com/VOLiTiAN www.reverbnation.com/VOLiTiAN www.soundcloud.com/VOLiTiAN

[pearlasteele]

love this, do you have more compilations?

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Pearla J. Steele

[VOLiTiAN]

Hi pearlasteele,

We’ve got another 15-20 tracks of similar length, we wanted to be ahead of the game whilst we’re out promoting, we’ll be uploading to all the usual sites once we’re happy with a mix, then up go the videos aswell, and thanks – glad you like 🙂

Regards

D.

www.myspace.com/VOLiTiAN www.soundclick.com/VOLiTiAN www.reverbnation.com/VOLiTiAN www.soundcloud.com/VOLiTiAN

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